Directory of Jobs & Careers Abroad

This revised 12th edition of the comprehensive guide to all kinds of work abroad provides essential information on permanent career opportunities around the world for people of all walks of life from school leavers still deciding on a career to fully qualified professionals. The types of employment covered in The Directory of Jobs & Careers Abroad include working in agriculture, fisheries and the environment; banking and accountancy; information technology; journalism; the law; medicine and nursing; oil and gas; secretarial, translating, and interpreting; teaching; transportation and tourism; voluntary work; and with the United Nations. The book lists the professions and trades in demand overseas and gives all the facts on over 35 different specific careers with detailed information on recruitment and sources of jobs including consultants, agencies, advertising, the internet, and finding work by making use of contacts such as professional associations. In addition, there are individual chapters presenting career opportunities in 50 countries which include, for each country, essential information on immigration and residency regulations; the cost and standard of living; language; health; welfare; and education, as well as coverage of employment prospects there. Also included in these chapters are details of employers and agencies specializing in placements in that country and listings of hundreds of overseas subsidiaries of international companies. The Directory of Jobs & Abroad features a comprehensive index of employers and agencies and, in addition to coverage of how to find work by conventional means, advice on how to find the jobs that aren't advertised by using the Creative Job Search.Penrith, Deborah is the author of 'Directory of Jobs & Careers Abroad', published 2004 under ISBN 9781854583178 and ISBN 1854583174.